| The Girls of Pleasure Island | |
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 Promotional movie poster for the film |
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| Directed by | Alvin Ganzer F. Hugh Berbert |
| Produced by | Paul Jones |
| Written by | F. Hugh Herbert (screenplay) Based on the novel by William Maier |
| Starring | Don Taylor Leo Genn Elsa Lanchester Philip Ober |
| Music by | Lyn Murray |
| Cinematography | Daniel L. Fapp W. Howard Greene |
| Editing by | Ellsworth Hoagland |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | April 1, 1953 |
| Running time | 95 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| IMDb profile | |
The Girls of Pleasure Island is a 1953 comedy film directed by Alvin Ganzer and F. Hugh Herbert. The screenplay by F. Hugh Herbert is based on the novel by William Maier. The original music score is composed by Lyn Murray.
Plot summary
In 1945, Roger Halyard is a stiff-upper-lipped British gentleman who lives on a South Pacific island with his three nubile, naive daughters, Violet, Hester and Gloria. Hoping to shelter the girls from the lascivious advances of the opposite sex, Halyard is thwarted when 1,500 Marines arrive to transform the island into an aircraft landing base. Despite the best efforts of Halyard, his housekeeper Thelma, and Marine Colonel Reade, romance blossoms between the three girls and a trio of handsome leathernecks.
Main cast
- Don Taylor - Lieutenant Gilmartin
- Leo Genn - Roger Halyard
- Elsa Lanchester - Thelma
- Philip Ober - Colonel Reade
- Joan Elan - Violet Halyard
- Audrey Dalton - Hester Halyard
- Dorothy Bromley - Gloria Halyard
- Peter Baldwin - Private Henry Smith
- Gene Barry - Captain Beaton
- Arthur E. Gould-Porter - Reverend Bates
- Barry Bernard - Wilkinson
